Financial Crime Compliance Manager

About Revolut

People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products — including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more — help our 60+ million customers get more from their money every day.

As we continue our lightning-fast growth,‌ 2 things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, we've been certified as a Great Place to Work™. So far, we have 10,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And we're looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.

About the role

Our Financial Crime team blends regulatory expertise with data-driven thinking to make sure our products meet legal and policy requirements and deliver real value to customers. In a fast-moving, digital environment, they stay one step ahead by finding smart, scalable ways to prevent financial crime.

We're looking for an intelligent, dynamic, innovative, and driven Financial Crime Compliance Manager to be part of the Crypto FinCrime Compliance team in the 2nd Line of Defence.

This position is critical to supporting the growth of Revolut’s business and will be the focal point for all activity within Revolut relating to Crypto. We're looking for someone with extensive experience in the financial industry and proven experience in a compliance function that's excited to design, lead, and shape the future of oversight and compliance.

Up for the challenge? Let's get in touch.

What you'll be doing

• Maintaining and refreshing all group FinCrime policies
• Providing oversight and support to the identification, remediation and resolution of FinCrime-related risk incidents
• Assisting senior management in defining standards to manage financial crime risks and ensure that these standards are applied across the organisation
• Offering 2LOD support to the business and 1LoD FinCrime teams with the launch of products, procedures, processes, and systems
• Ensuring FinCrime risks are considered in our day-to-day operation, e.g, in the development of new products and the taking-on of new customers
• Supporting the maintenance of FinCrime training that is provided to all employees
• Participating in FinCrime-related governance committees to check-and-challenge initiative owners, identify potential issues and propose solutions
• Establishing, maintaining and reviewing dashboards on an ongoing basis, to identify areas that might fall outside of risk appetite and which require further investigation
• Preparing reports to Senior Management, Group committees and the Board, and escalating any key or high risk financial crime compliance issues

What you'll need

• 4+ years of experience in FinCrime (AML/CTF and Sanctions), covering a wide range of subjects in depth across retail and business customer bases, such as KYC, CDD/EDD, Transaction Monitoring, Risk Assessments, Reporting (SARs)
• Experience working with crypto products
• Good understanding of both innovative financial services products (crypto, buy now-pay later, etc.) and associated financial crime risks
• Knowledge of anti-financial crime frameworks including AML/CTF and Sanctions policies
• An understanding of regulatory recommendations, risk management practices, procedures, and control arrangements in complex financial organisations
• Excellent knowledge of global requirements for financial crime controls
• An understanding of industry-wide financial crime practices and trends
• Exceptional knowledge and experience of identifying financial crime risks and potential vulnerabilities and advising on best practices to address those findings
• A proven record of stakeholder management and the ability to collaborate, negotiate, and communicate effectively with stakeholders
• Fluency in English

Nice to have

• Professional qualification from an internationally recognised body (e.g. ICA, ACAMS)
• Excellent knowledge of key regulatory issues pertaining to anti-fraud and control assessment processes
• Eager to develop expertise in cryptocurrency regulations

Building a global financial super app isn’t enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that’s why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow everyday. We're not just doing this because it's the right thing to do. We’re doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That’s why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard-working team.

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